Vehicle-wheel.



N0. 700,5l4. l Y Patnted May 20, |902.

' G. S. LEE.A

VEHICLE WHEEL. (Application filed Nov. 1, 1901.)

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G.l s.l LEE.` vEHlcL'E WHEEL. (Application tiled Nov. 1, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES.;

@PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. LEE, OF HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WHEEL WITHIN WHEELCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

V'EHICLE-WHEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,514, dated May 20,1902.

n Application led November 1901. Serial No. 80,770. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. LEE, a citivzen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Hawthorne, in the county of Passaic and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements kinVehicle- Wheels, of which the following isa specification, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

My invention relates to vehicle-wheels, and particularlytovehicle-wheels of the type described and claimed in United StatesLetters Patent No. 672,908, of April 30, 1901.

The object of the `present invention vis to simplify and improve theconstruction and ar-A rangement of parts inthe'type of wheel set forthin such patent and to strengthen the Wheel, so that it may be applicableto a heavy' of the same, the plane of section being taken;k Fig. 3 isanother view in central transverse section, the,plane upon theline' 2 2of Fig. 1.

of section thereof being.takenupontheline 3 Blof .'Fig. 1. Fig. 4n is an,enlargedv view in detail of one Vof the 'hub-sections employed, aportion of a floating plate,"a'nd one'of the guide-plates employed. Fig.5 is a detail view,

in perspective of one of the intermediate;

guide-plates removed from the wheel.

My improved wheel comprises two members, one carrying the hub portion,and which,

as heretofore, I designate the hub member,

and theother carrying the outer rim or tire, and which I term the tiremember.V The hub member com prisesthe hub proper, (herein designated bythe reference character 1,) a plurality of spokes 2, radiating therefrom,and a rim 3. The tire member comprises a tire-rim 4, ap'lurality ofspokesi, and a floating plate 6. The oatingplate is provided'with a slotor slots? ,and the hub is provided with similar slots or grooves 8 atright angles thereto. Intermediate guideplates 9, of which one is shownin detail in Fig. 5, are provided and are, arranged between the oppositefaces of Vthe floating plate and the inner facesof the hub. Theintermediate guide-plates are each provided with tongues 10,projectingtherefrom upon opposite sides thereof and at right angles toeach other. These tongues are fitted to the grooves or slots 7 8, andthe said guide-plates will therefore positively lo'ck the hub and thefloating plate against relative ro-` tation of each other, but willpermit relative movement of thetwo members in the plane vof rotation ofthe wheel.` An annular cushioning device, here shown asaiiexibleiniatable tube 11, is arranged between the rim 31of the hub member andthe tire-rim4. A supporting-rim 12 is preferably `secured to the.tire-rim 4 to form a convenientsupport for the saidcushioning device.The hub proper, 1, comprises herein two separable and separate sections,each having aplurality of oppositely-disposed radial arms. The innerends of the spokes 2 -are arranged between the opposed radial arms andform spacing-pieces therefor. Bolts and nuts 13 engage the saidhub-sections and the spokes andsecure them together. y g j The*foregoingl construction while having the merit of. greatsimplicity.provides extreme rigidity, and gives thestlelgthlnellssary for takingcare ofthe severeside strainltofwhich a wheel ofthis character'is'liablefto-b'e sub- ;fjected; l f I The loating plate 6 has a pluralityof radially-'extending arms, which alternate ,with `the arms of thehub 1. These radial arms are recessed, and the inner ends of the spokes5 are fitted to such recesses. bifurcated andihave each two brancheswhich fdiverge from the inner supported end, and at their'vouterendsboth of *the said'branches Vare secured to the tire-riml 4.Eaclrspoke comprises twomemberssecuredtogether, as by bolts and nuts14.*' vThese.menajeers" are arranged upon opposite` sides and surroundthe cushioning-ring 11. By reference more particularly to Fig. 2 it willbe seen that one member of each of the said spokes is secured to thefioatin g plate, while the other member is secured to the rst saidmember by the said bolts or nut-s 14. By loosening said bolts The spokes5 are IOO or nuts 14 one member' of each of the spokes may be removedand access maybe obtained rubber tread l5, which tread may be em-lployed or omitted, as desired.

It will be noted as a matter of construction that the interior faces ofthe hub-sections are each in a plane and that the thickness of thefloating plate Gis substantially equal to the distance between the saidhub-faces. The floating plate is recessed in order to receive theintermediate guide-plates. This construction simplifies the manufactureof this portion of the wheel and reduces the cost thereof, while at thesame time it provides a simple and comparatively light construction,combined with great strength and durability. The movable parts are wellprotected, and that in a very simple manner, from dust or dirt.

I do not desire to be limited only to the precise details ofconstruction and combination of parts as herein set forth, as the samemay obviously be varied within wide limits without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is-- l. A wheel comprising two relatively movable members,one a tire member and the otherahub member, and having a cushioningdevice between them, the hub member comprising two hubsections,aplurality of spokes, and a rim, the said spokes having portionsthereofloeated between the said hub-sections to form spacing-piecestherefor, and secured to the said hub-sections.

2. A wheel comprising two relatively movable members, one a tire memberand the other a hub member, and having an annular cushioning devicebetween them, the hub member comprising two hub-sections, each having aplurality of oppositely-disposed radial arms, a spacing-piece betweeneach of the said opposed radial arms, said spacingpieces comprising theinner ends of spokes, bolts connecting the hub-sections together andpassing through said spacing-pieces, and a rim supported by the oppositeends of said spokes.

3. In a wheel, the combination with ahub, spokes and a rim, of atire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and thefirst said rim, a floating plate, spokes comprising separable membersarranged on either side of the said annular cushioning device, andconnecting the said floating plate and tire-rim together, and anintermediate guideplate between the floating plate and the hub.

4. In a wheel, the combination with a hub,

spokes and a rim, of a tire-rim, an annular cushioning device betweenthe tire-rim and the first said rim, a floating plate, spokescomprising, each, two members secured together, and connecting saidfloating plate and said tire-rim, said members arranged on oppositesides of said annular cushioning device, and an intermediate guide platebetween the floating plate and the hub.

5. In a wheel, the combination with ahub, spokes and a rim, of atire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and thefirst said rim, a floating plate, spokes comprising each two members,one member of each spoke secured to the said floating plate and saidtire-rim, and arranged to pass on one and the same side of said. annularcushioning device, andthe other spoke member removably secured to thefirst said spoke member, and arranged upon the opposite side of saidcushioning device, whereby the two members of each said spokes surroundsaid cushioning device; and anintermediate guideplate between thefloating plate and the hub.

G. In a wheel, the combination with a hub, spokes and a rim, of atire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and thefirst said rim, a floating plate, spokes radiating from said floatingplate, each spoke comprising two members, secured together, and togethersurrounding the said cushioning device, the said spokes having each twodivergent branches, and secured at the outer ends of the said branchesto the said tire-rim; and an intermediate guide-plate between thefloating plate and the hub.

'7. The combination in a wheel comprising two members, of a hubcomprising two hubsections, spacing-pieces between them and securedthereto, said spacing-pieces comprising the inner ends of spokes, a rimto which the outer ends of said spokes are secured, said hub, spokes andrim comprising one ofy said wheel members; a tire-rim, a floating platelocated within said hub, spokes connecting said floating plate with saidtire-rim, said spokes comprising separable members, the said tire-rim,floating plate and lastnamed spokes comprising the other of said wheelmembers; an annular cushioning device between the rim of said firstnamed wheel member and the tire-rim of the other said wheel member, andlocated between the said separable spoke-sections, and an intermediategnide-plate between the said hub and the said floating plate.

GEORGE S. LEE.

\Vitnesses:

C. F. GARRINGTON, A. Il. Fui-inns.

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